Every scholarship KSF awards depends on people, partnerships, and programs working behind the scenes. Your founding gift funds that work, before this campaign opens to the public.
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One scholarship rarely stops with one person. This is what followed a single $2,500 award.
A $2,500 scholarship took George from a near-dropout to a respected trades leader. 80% of two-year students who leave school do so over an unexpected expense under $1,000.
His employer solved a talent shortage and built employee loyalty, filling roles that do not require a four-year degree.
George's career inspired others into the trades. Their collective success lowered wait times and costs for local work, at a time when 45% of trades firms report project delays from worker shortages.
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We are working toward a $500,000 silent-phase goal, which will be the seed for a $1,000,000 campaign that goes public later this year.
Scholarships are often the first spark of opportunity. A traditional gift creates that spark once. A gift that builds the foundation creates it again and again, for programs that could not otherwise exist.
Helping more learners reach opportunity, permanently.
The Founding Partner Circle is a small group of committed early supporters whose gifts form the match pool for KSF's public campaign later this year. Every gift into the circle grows that pool, so each Founding Partner increases what the broader campaign is asked to match. Founding Partners join the same company as the organizations already trusting KSF with their scholarship programs, including the Taco Bell Foundation, the Navy SEAL Foundation, and the KFC Foundation.
Gifts to KSF are tax-deductible as allowed by law. KSF accepts grants from donor-advised funds (EIN 86-3398414), and every program carries a complete audit trail. Kaleidoscope PBC, KSF's technology and administration partner, is a Rally portfolio company.